Posted on 04/04/2019 7:07:01 AM PDT by SleeperCatcher
If you still wondered what kind of opposition POTUS Donald Trump faces on a daily basis to any and all of his efforts to staunch the flow of illegal immigration and regain operational control over our southwest border, this will serve as just the latest example.
In a highly improper and extremely controversial move, the Marine Corps’ top commander, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller, let a pair of internal memos leak to NBC News and the Los Angeles Times in an attempt to embarrass his commander-in-chief over is decision to shift some Pentagon funding to border wall construction, Newsweek is reporting.
In particular, Neller is upset that funding to repair one of the service’s two primary training bases, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, following Hurricane Florence — which damaged more than 900 buildings at the base — still hasn’t arrived six months later.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenationalsentinel.com ...
“This General is along the lines of a super arrogant commander, as MacArthur was”
It’s not arrogance if you really are the greatest military genius of the century.
“who assumed he was smarter than his Commander.”
Smarter than Harry Truman? That’s not a particularly high threshold to cross.
Poor Generals lose wars. Especially when they coordinate with leftist media. We should have won Vietnam. Make him a private cleaning latrines! No general’s pensions for insurrectionists.
“We should have won Vietnam.”
We did win Vietnam. It was Kennedy and the other traitor senators who threw it away after it was won.
“NBC News and the Los Angeles Times ... [and] Newsweek”
Distrust but verify.
Fire him!
I really thought all generals were good looking. The uniform and all.
Just got a peek at him. Quel disappointment!
The guy is a geek.
I hope all of the posters’ dreams here come true....
This first came out some time ago. The question is why is he still on active duty?
Who may have leaked the memos, if they were indeed leaked, is not relevant. The memos do not express in the slightest a refusal or even an unwillingness to defend the southern border and thus are not supportive of your argument.
The military absolutely do not want to defend the southern border.
Do you have any factual basis for that statement or are you just humming the lib anti-American theme song?
You get the last word, I no longer wish to wrestle in the mud with you.
After reading the article I’m not so sure. This was a bit of a fake news headline. Generals advocate for their Service dollars. However, if he was told NOT to do this then yes it would be a violation of UCMJ.
Not so sure relying on a news report on anything more complicated that what the “journalist” had for lunch is a sign of competence at this time.
But, they sure got us doing the Pavlov trot, don’t they.
From what I saw in my time in the officer ranks it starts around 0-5/LTC. Then it gets worse as they go up in rank. This man should be fired, immediately.
the navy puts on tranny shows on ships driven by women.
Dog. Pony. One Each. Assemble for Show.
IIRC MacArthur scared the hell out of some of our allies when he openly talked about taking the war into China, including a veiled threat of employing nukes.
England feared a world war could break out- China was still allied with the USSR- and the USSR could attack western Europe forcing England to join the fight.
That aspect and MacArthur acting as if he was setting American foreign policy prompted Truman to relieve him.
Might be true, but gross insubordination is how Truman fired him and the cause given. It showed huge guts on Truman’s part because MacArthur was much more popular than he, and was being talked about as a Presidentalk candidate.
Truman probably wasn’t wrong about that, MacArthur was openly contradicting Truman in public. And I believe that he ignored orders as to where to halt as he chased the Communist forces north, which risked having the war expand into China.
From what I can see Truman didn’t fire him lightly. He knew that MacArthur was probably the best general he could have for fighting the war. But he couldn’t have MacArthur setting his own foreign policy independent of the rest of the government.
MacArthur was definitely both political and ambitious. And he got some votes in the 1948 GOP primaries. If he had bothered to campaign he might have been the Republican nominee instead of Dewey.
“Let’s just fire all the generals now.”
Can’t actually fire a general. The POTUS can relieve them of command during conflict under Article 1, section 2, clause 1 of the Constitution. But unless the officer has broken some law, it becomes of the opinion of the president if he is performing his duty to the job as per expectation. If the officer is relieved, he reverts back to the rank of major general, (two stars), and is sent to a position far less important to work the remainder of his active time until he retires. Or, at the president’s request, he decides to retire.
But this sometimes has baggage. In the very early 90’s a jet landed at Mather AFB, CA, without warning of them coming, and a general officer left the plane and went to the reserve training squadron building and relieved the sitting commander of his position because he was having an illegal affair with one of his NCO staff members. The action of removal and court martial actions to commence was due to happen after paperwork was to be filed over the next couple of days.
In knowing if he was court martialed, his benefits would be erased, he swore to the general that they wouldn’t do that. So two nights later he walked into the ER of the Mather hospital, around the corner to a bathroom, and put his brains on the wall with his small arms weapon. Family got the bennies.
So as you can see, there are all kinds of ramifications to this especially since it is not a cut and dry crime by the commander even though it is his responsibility to maintain the control of those under his command. In the outside world, you can fire someone and they can get another job with another company. We’ve only got one military.
rwood
” let a pair of internal memos leak to NBC News and the Los Angeles Times in an attempt to embarrass his commander-in-chief over is decision to shift some Pentagon funding to border wall construction...”
I can take it a step further in that he may have had nothing to do with a leaking process and that the emails were hacked by the media at Newsweek. Of course, anything happens and it is the commander’s responsibility. But he doesn’t command the media. (even though someone should)
It’s Newsweek’s word they were leaked, and can you believe them for anything if they are “hawking news?” I certainly don’t with their history.
A lot of opinions here rather than facts.
rwood
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